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out of zeal, so I take it to be moved out of time, as 

 commonly zealous motions are, while men are so fast 

 carried on to the end, as they give no attention to the 

 mean : for if it be time to talk of this now, it is either 

 because the business now in hand cannot proceed 

 without it, or because in time and order this matter 

 should be precedent, or because we shall lose some 

 advantage towards this effect so much desired, if we 

 should go on in the course we are about. But none 

 of these three in my judgment are true ; and there 

 fore the motion, as I said, unseasonable. 



For first, That there may not be a naturalization 

 without an union in laws, cannot be maintained. 

 Look into the example of the Church and the union 

 thereof. You shall see several Churches, that join in 

 one faith, one baptism, which are the points of spiri 

 tual naturalization, do many times in policy, constitu 

 tions, and customs differ : and therefore one of the 

 fathers made an excellent observation upon the two 

 mysteries ; the one, that in the gospel, where the 

 garment of Christ is said to have been without 

 seam ; the other, that in the psalm, where the gar 

 ment of the queen is said to have been of divers 

 colours ; and concludeth, &quot; In veste varietas sit, 

 &quot; scissura non sit.&quot; So in this case, Mr. Speaker, we 

 are now in hand to make this monarchy of one 

 piece, and not of one colour. Look again into the 

 examples of foreign countries, and take that next us 

 of France, and there you shall find that they have 

 this distribution, &quot; pais du droit escrit,&quot; and &quot; pais 

 &quot; du droit coustumier.&quot; For Gascoigne, Languedoc, 



